Wall Street Protesters Dine on Gourmet Meals

While some hard-working Americans have Hamburger Helper and macaroni and cheese on their dinner menus, Occupy Wall Street protesters “roughing it” in Lower Manhattan are dining nightly on gourmet meals prepared by a former hotel chef.

Chef Eric Smith, who worked at the Sheraton in Midtown, and helpers prepare nightly meals for more than 1,000 protesters, using only the finest organic ingredients, the New York Post reports.

Smith and his team rely on financial donations and free food from sympathetic farms and food co-ops, cook the meals at a soup kitchen in Brooklyn, and deliver them to the hordes occupying Zuccotti Park.

While some hard-working Americans have Hamburger Helper and macaroni and cheese on their dinner menus, Occupy Wall Street protesters roughing it in Lower Manhattan are dining nightly on gourmet meals prepared by a former hotel chef.
Chef Eric Smith, who worked at the...